William Edward Kilburn

William Edward Kilburn (28th November 1818– 11 December 1891) was an English photographer, noted for his pictures of the British Royal family.

[2] Kilburn's photograph of the Kennington Chartist rally was rediscovered in the British Royal Collection in the 1980s after being thought lost.

[2] Kilburn's photographs of the event were appreciated by Prince Albert who appointed Kilburn "Photographist to Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert".

[3] Kilburn made the first daguerreotype portraits of Queen Victoria and her family in April 1847.

[3] Kilburn’s brother Douglas produced in Melbourne what are arguably the earliest daguerreotypes of Australian indigenous people.